METEOR STREAKS THROUGH NEVADA NIGHT	THURS AUG 26 2010
The skies were a bit more active this month with the annual Perseid meteor shower making an appearance, caused by the Earth passing through the dust of the dead comet Swift-Tuttle (which we can only assume is named after pop-country singing sensation Taylor Swift and some guy named Tuttle). Our good friend Ethan Miller at Getty Images snapped this shot in Eldorado Canyon, Nevada early Aug. 13. Ethan Miller/Getty Images NEXT >

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